Broom-clamp



No. 608,773. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

J. HIETT.

BROOM CLAMP.

(Application filed Feb. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

NirEio fira'rns ATENT Enron.

.ionN IllETT, oErnerILAND, TENNESSEE.

BROOM-CLAN! P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. S,'773, dated August 9,1898.

Application filed February 21, 1898. Serial No. 671,149. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HIETT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Highland, in the county of Jackson and State of Ten nessee,haveinvented a newand useful Broom- Clamp, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to blQQmrQ ailllpS, and has for its object toprovide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction, combination,and arrangement of parts wherebya broom may be manufactured ata smallcost, primarily, by reason of utilizing the complete broom-corn stalksandalso by reason of the facility with which the broom-corn may bearranged in operative position.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a construction ofbroom-clamp as to facilitate the refilling thereof either by theconsumer or others of moderate skill and also to provide a clamp adaptedfor engaging the broom-corn in such a manner as to give an increasedsweep or operative length of broom-corn, whereby the efficiency of thebroom is increased.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a broom embodying aclamp constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the clamp and handle with the broom-corn omitted.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawmgs.

1 designates a handle having a transverselyflattened extension or tongue2, which projects axially into the broom-head, consisting of thebroom-corn 3. This flattened portion or tongue is provided contiguous toits up per and lower ends with openings through which extend upper andlower clamp-bolts i and 5, forming parts of clamp members, each of whichconsists of a side plate 6, having terminal arms 7, and a cooperating oradj ustable side plate 8, having bifurcated extremities 9 for slidablyengaging reduced portions 10 of said terminal arms. H The clampbolt-sextend through openings in said clampplates in registration with theopenings in the extension or tongue of the handle, with their heads incontact with one of the clampplates of each member, and are fitted withwing-nuts 11, whereby the clamp-plates may be adjusted toward each otherto clamp the broom-corn.

f The clamp members are of different lengths, the upper one being shortand designed to engage the butts of the broom-corn stalks, while the"lower L one is longer to insure the proper width of the broom-head atits lower case of looseness the thumb-nuts may be tightened at any timeto apply the desired pressure to the broom-command thus maintain thestalks thereof in their proper positions.

- An advantage of the above-described construction resides in the factthat common means, consisting of the clamp-bolts 4: and 5 and thewing-nuts 11, are employed for adfjustably connecting the plates ormembers of the upper and lower clamps and for securing -the same to thebroom-handle extension, whereby the disengagement of the wingnuts fromsaid bolts disconnects the clamp members not only from each other, butfrom the broom-handle extension.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I V claim is 1. The combination ofabroom-handle, and upper and lower spaced clamp members, each havingrelatively-adjustable side plates, and common means for adj 'ustablyconnecting said plates and securin g the same to an extension of saidbroom-handle, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a broom-handle provided with upper and lowerspaced transverse openings, and clamp members each having parallel sideplates, and adjusting devices consisting of bolts extending through thetransverse openings of the handle and registering openings in said sideplates, and fitted with adjusting-nuts, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of abroom-handle having upper and lower spacedtransverse openings, and upper and lower clamp members each consistingof a side plate provided with terminal upturned armshaving guides, and aremovable side plate terminally bifurcated to fit said guides, adjustingbolts extending through said openings in the handle and registeringopenings in the side plates, and adjusting-nuts fitted upon said bolts,substan-. tially as specified.

4. A broom having a handle provided with a transversely-flattenedextension or tongue provided with spaced upper and lower transverseopenings, upper and lower clamp members, each consisting of a side platehaving terminal upturned arms, a removable side plate terminally guidedupon the arms of the first-named side plate, and an adjusting-boltextending through one of the openings in the transversely-flattenedextension of the handle and through registering openings in said sideplates, and fitted with a win g-nut, and broomcorn arranged between theside plates of the clamp members, with the butts of the broomoorn stalksengaged by the upper clamp member, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HIETT.

Witnesses:

H. H. IIEROD, O. W. CLARK.

